Tag Archives: Houdini

I know, I know… I give too little. If I made new year resolutions – well never mind. There has been considerable space-time since I last posted.

I started off my Summer biking to work at Hush over in DUMBO. Was the greatest [bike] commute of all my time. While on tour at Hush I was able to meet some great folks doing fantastic new media work. “Creative programming” is the future folks. Wish I could have spent more time there. Was only able to get my feet wet with this spot. Rented Houdini for the 3D. Composited in After Effects (which I didn’t do).

I did a little gig at Imaginary Lice… er, Forces which I won’t mention other than they don’t have enough good lunch spots around the facility. (Which is critical in choosing the facilities you want to freelance for in NYC).

For the last few months I’ve been locked up at The Framestore on a film titled, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, due out next summer. Sorry no pictures yet.

As good as it’s been I have move on. In fact, I’m moving to Seattle, Washington! That’s right – and – *gasp* I’ll be working for Microsoft. All I can say about this is that I’m thrilled to be working with the team that brought you the Xbox Kinect.

It was fascinating to learn about what used to be a mysterious concept to me. I’m not sure how I’ll use my new found powers, but I’ll try and use them for good. Obama asked the nation to ‘get educated’ and I’m doing my part. Even better, both classes were free! If you have any interest in Computer Science (of which A.I. is part of) I suggest checking out UDACITY. It almost goes without saying but Khan Academy was part of these efforts.

Work – you gotta do it and I’ve been busy, working for Lowes while on duty at Mass Market apparently.

CG Sup. I got my hands all over this one, but the credit is certainly shared with my friends! Maya, Arnold, Nuke. Vray for door knobs.
http://youtu.be/YdHRPGcBOa8?hd=1

And just in case you’re not sure ‘what we did’.

Lastly, I can’t take any credit for the paint simulations (that was ILP), but I did the pre and post visualization. Don’t worry though, I’ll be getting my hands wet soon enough. Maya, Naiid, V-Ray, Nuke.

http://youtu.be/V0aPwhDDi7Y?hd=1

Now for some fuggin jams! This is typically the kinds of things I listen too while working. First some Braindance by Global Goon…

You can find a detailed list of my responsibilities for the various spots on my resume page. Plus I’m happy to discuss ‘how we did it’. That’s the fun part.

This was edited on my Debian Linux 6.0 “squeeze” distribution (64-bit) with Kdenlive. I used Quicktime compressed with JPEG maximum quality for the intermediate codec from original source material. Running on an Intel Core i7 CPU. The playback was pretty amazing. This is why I donate to free and open source software and you should to.